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If Beckham went soft in the head, might he live here? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peckham

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'if beckham went soft in the head might' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'he live here?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ham' and 'ham' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'peck' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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